The December TCSA Board of Directors Meeting will be held on Sunday, December 1st, 2024 at 1:00pm on Zoom. We will be approving the 2024-2025 TCSA staffing plan, and reviewing the Executive feedback report.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Join TCSA’s BIPOC Student Organizer and CIRCLE Ambassador, Melody and Darien, for a de-stress event as part of TCSA’s Exam Care Week!

Take a break from your studies and get creative in the CIRCLE (formerly the Freedom Lounge) on Friday, November 29th from 4:30pm to 7:30pm for a paint night event!

Make your own creation to gift to a loved one or to decorate your room.

We will supply all the canvases, brushes, and paints, as well as light snacks and refreshments.

Hope to see you there!

Flex your green thumb at our plant potting event during TCSA's Exam Care Week! Decorate your own terracotta pot and take home a potted plant to brighten up your study space. Supplies and good vibes provided—just bring your creativity!

Friday, November 29th from 11:00am to 2:00pm in the Student Centre Event Space.

Registration required. Click here to register.

Get creative at TCSA's Exam Care Week event: Crafternoon, where you can enjoy fun crafts and snacks! Join us in the Student Centre Event Space on Thursday, November 28th between 11:00am and 2:00pm.

Crafts include tote bag making, friendship bracelets, and ornament-decorating.

Whether you're a DIY pro or just looking to unwind, this event is perfect for all skill levels.

Come craft, snack, and connect!

While supplies last. Click here to register.

Warm up with our hot chocolate bar and loose leaf tea bar and tackle your studies at TCSA’s Exam Care Week event: Cocoa & Cram on Wednesday, November 27th in the Student Centre Event Space between 11:00am to 2:00pm.

Join us for a cozy study session to work on your assignments or study for your exams. There will also be Trent University Academic Skills Advisors to help you make customized study plans and help you with tips to help you succeed this semester.

This event is drop in, no registration required.

Showing yourself some self-love and self-care is easy as 1-2-3 with our free massages!

On Tuesday, November 26th, sign up for a FREE 15-minute massage with one of our Registered Massage Therapists that will be joining us from the Peterborough community. This event will be held between 11:00am and 3:00pm in the Student Centre Event Space.

We will also have some snacks for you to wind down and enjoy some quiet time. Relax, recharge in a calm and welcoming environment. Perfect for students in need of a little self-care.

Limited spots available. Click here to register.

Take a break from studying, grab your friends and/or classmates, and join the TCSA and the PTBO Board Walk Lounge for the first event of the TCSA's Exam Care Week: Board Game Café, where students can enjoy snacks while diving into their favorite board games and tabletop adventures! Whether you're strategizing, rolling dice, or just looking to relax with friends, there's something for everyone.

Find us in the Student Centre Event Space on Monday, November 25th, 2024 for a variety of board games, Board Walk Lounge's famous fresh-baked cookies, and a hot chocolate bar! Drop by anytime between 11:00am and 3:00pm, or stay all day!

Walk-ins are welcome, but feel free to RSVP here so we can get an idea of how many cookies and hot chocolate servings to order.

Your student union is bringing back our free breakfast program!

The TCSA will hold free breakfast on Mondays from 11:00am to 1:00pm in the CIRCLE (formerly the Freedom Lounge).

We invite students to join us for the most important meal of the day. It’s also a great place to get some studying done or chat with your friends or TCSA staff about our initiatives, events, and services.

Free breakfast will be offered on the following dates:

• Monday, November 11th

• Monday, November 18th

• Monday, November 25th

Together we are hoping to combat food insecurity one meal at a time.

Do you enjoy poetry? Do you write any of your own poetry?

Join the TCSA in the CIRCLE (formerly the Freedom Lounge) on Tuesday, November 19th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm for a relaxing night of poetry performances! Bring your work and study as you listen to poetry, or feel free to perform something you’ve written yourself! Click here to register if you’d like to perform your poetry.

We will have refreshments available.

This event is open to BIPOC students.

Your student union is bringing back our free breakfast program!

The TCSA will hold free breakfast on Mondays from 11:00am to 1:00pm in the CIRCLE (formerly the Freedom Lounge).

We invite students to join us for the most important meal of the day. It’s also a great place to get some studying done or chat with your friends or TCSA staff about our initiatives, events, and services.

Free breakfast will be offered on the following dates:

• Monday, November 11th

• Monday, November 18th

• Monday, November 25th

Together we are hoping to combat food insecurity one meal at a time.

Your student union is bringing back our free breakfast program!

The TCSA will hold free breakfast on Mondays from 11:00am to 1:00pm in the CIRCLE (formerly the Freedom Lounge).

We invite students to join us for the most important meal of the day. It’s also a great place to get some studying done or chat with your friends or TCSA staff about our initiatives, events, and services.

Free breakfast will be offered on the following dates:

• Monday, November 11th

• Monday, November 18th

• Monday, November 25th

Together we are hoping to combat food insecurity one meal at a time.

The November TCSA Board of Directors Meeting will be held on Sunday, November 10th, 2024 at 1:00pm on Zoom.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Drop by and chat with TCSA Vice President Campaigns & Equity and TCSA Racialized Students Commissioner!

This will be a safe space where you can share experiences if you feel comfortable, learn and ask questions, enjoy snacks, and answer some trivia for a chance to win gift card prizes.

Find us on:

• Tuesday, October 29th from 11:00am - 5:00pm in OC Lobby

• Wednesday, October 30th from 11:00am - 5:00pm in the Student Centre Atrium

• Tuesday, November 5th from 11:00am - 5:00pm in the Student Centre Atrium

• Wednesday, November 6th from 11:00am - 5:0pm in OC Lobby

Some of the topics we will be discussing:

• Overt racism vs. covert racism

• Racism vs. “reverse” racism

• Nationality vs. ethnicity 

• Performative allyship v. active allyship

• Tolerance vs. acceptance

• Freedom of speech vs. hate speech

Drop by and chat with TCSA Vice President Campaigns & Equity and TCSA Racialized Students Commissioner!

This will be a safe space where you can share experiences if you feel comfortable, learn and ask questions, enjoy snacks, and answer some trivia for a chance to win gift card prizes.

Find us on:

• Tuesday, October 29th from 11:00am - 5:00pm in OC Lobby

• Wednesday, October 30th from 11:00am - 5:00pm in the Student Centre Atrium

• Tuesday, November 5th from 11:00am - 5:00pm in the Student Centre Atrium

• Wednesday, November 6th from 11:00am - 5:0pm in OC Lobby

Some of the topics we will be discussing:

• Overt racism vs. covert racism

• Racism vs. “reverse” racism

• Nationality vs. ethnicity 

• Performative allyship v. active allyship

• Tolerance vs. acceptance

• Freedom of speech vs. hate speech

Drop by and chat with TCSA Vice President Campaigns & Equity and TCSA Racialized Students Commissioner!

This will be a safe space where you can share experiences if you feel comfortable, learn and ask questions, enjoy snacks, and answer some trivia for a chance to win gift card prizes.

Find us on:

• Tuesday, October 29th from 11:00am - 5:00pm in OC Lobby

• Wednesday, October 30th from 11:00am - 5:00pm in the Student Centre Atrium

• Tuesday, November 5th from 11:00am - 5:00pm in the Student Centre Atrium

• Wednesday, November 6th from 11:00am - 5:0pm in OC Lobby

Some of the topics we will be discussing:

• Overt racism vs. covert racism

• Racism vs. “reverse” racism

• Nationality vs. ethnicity 

• Performative allyship v. active allyship

• Tolerance vs. acceptance

• Freedom of speech vs. hate speech

Drop by and chat with TCSA Vice President Campaigns & Equity and TCSA Racialized Students Commissioner!

This will be a safe space where you can share experiences if you feel comfortable, learn and ask questions, enjoy snacks, and answer some trivia for a chance to win gift card prizes.

Find us on:

• Tuesday, October 29th from 11:00am - 5:00pm in OC Lobby

• Wednesday, October 30th from 11:00am - 5:00pm in the Student Centre Atrium

• Tuesday, November 5th from 11:00am - 5:00pm in the Student Centre Atrium

• Wednesday, November 6th from 11:00am - 5:0pm in OC Lobby

Some of the topics we will be discussing:

• Overt racism vs. covert racism

• Racism vs. “reverse” racism

• Nationality vs. ethnicity 

• Performative allyship v. active allyship

• Tolerance vs. acceptance

• Freedom of speech vs. hate speech

Enjoy some pre-Halloween fun with your friends and join the TCSA for our annual trip to PUMPKINFEST!

On Sunday, October 27th, we will be taking students via bus to Buckhorn Farm, where you can enjoy wagon rides, haunted and non-haunted corn mazes, a haunted forest, petting zoo, food trucks, a pumpkin cannon, and pumpkin patches where you can pick your own pumpkins!

There are also lots of fun fall photo opportunities, as well as a produce and baked goods market.

Tickets are $10 per student and includes bus transportation and one free small pumpkin. Click here to get your ticket.

The October TCSA Board of Directors Meeting will be held on Sunday, October 20th, 2024 at 1:00pm on Zoom. We will be ratifying TCSA by-elections results and approving committee appointments and the 2024-2025 TCSA budget.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

We invite all students to join us for our fall Semi-Annual General Meeting (SAGM) this Thursday, October 17th at 5:00pm EST on Zoom.

You can click here to view the meeting agenda, as well as to register to attend. Our fall SAGM is open to all students.

All participants will be entered to win 1 of 10 $25 Trent Cash prizes. We hope to see you!

The TCSA is collaborating with the Trent Market Gardens and the Trent Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Society to bring students a free produce market in the Trent Student Centre throughout the months of September and October, as part of our initiatives to help combat food insecurity on campus.

SAFS Society is a community for all Trent students to come together and share interest in sustainable agriculture and food. Through initiatives like the Trent Market Garden and year round events, the SAFS Society supports hands on learning and experiences that immerse students in sustainable food growth and agro-ecological practices. 

Drop by any of the free produce pop-up markets in the Student Centre Atrium:

• Thursday, September 19th: 10:00am - 1:00pm

• Tuesday, September 24th: 10:00am - 1:00pm

• Thursday, October 3rd: 10:00am - 1:00pm

• Tuesday, October 8th: 10:00am - 1:00pm

• Thursday, October 17th: 10:00am - 1:00pm

• Thursday, October 31st: 10:00am - 1:00pm

Is school getting you down? Are you too stressed with midterms on the way?

The TCSA knows just what to do!!

Come out to the CIRCLE (second floor of the Student Centre) on Tuesday, October 15th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm to de-stress and make some cool bracelets and waist beads.

There will be music, snacks, and a mocktail bar. Bring your friends along, the more the merrier!

The biggest poster sale in the country is back at Trent University!

Browse and shop through thousands of posters to decorate your dorm room or apartment. There is something for everyone!

Find the Imaginus Poster Sale in the Student Centre beginning Monday, October 7th to Friday, October 11th. The hours are as follows:

• Monday, October 7th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Tuesday, October 8th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Wednesday, October 9th: 9:0am - 7:00pm

• Thursday, October 10th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Friday, October 11th: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Cash, debit card, and credit card accepted.

The biggest poster sale in the country is back at Trent University!

Browse and shop through thousands of posters to decorate your dorm room or apartment. There is something for everyone!

Find the Imaginus Poster Sale in the Student Centre beginning Monday, October 7th to Friday, October 11th. The hours are as follows:

• Monday, October 7th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Tuesday, October 8th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Wednesday, October 9th: 9:0am - 7:00pm

• Thursday, October 10th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Friday, October 11th: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Cash, debit card, and credit card accepted.

The TCSA fall by-elections are underway!

Meet the student candidates who are running in our fall by-elections, for the positions of TCSA President, Off-Campus Commissioner, Gender Issues Commissioner, and Environment & Sustainability Commissioner.

These students will present their platforms and why they're running and hoping for your student vote. Join us in the Lady Eaton College Pit on Wednesday, October 9th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.

This is also your chance to ask the candidates any questions you may have about student issues or the campus climate. You can also join in on Instagram Live, where you'll also have the chance to ask questions to the candidates. Candidate biographies and platforms can be found here, or at: trentcentral.ca/candidates.

Food and drinks will be provided. Everyone is welcome. Hope to see you there!

The biggest poster sale in the country is back at Trent University!

Browse and shop through thousands of posters to decorate your dorm room or apartment. There is something for everyone!

Find the Imaginus Poster Sale in the Student Centre beginning Monday, October 7th to Friday, October 11th. The hours are as follows:

• Monday, October 7th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Tuesday, October 8th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Wednesday, October 9th: 9:0am - 7:00pm

• Thursday, October 10th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Friday, October 11th: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Cash, debit card, and credit card accepted.

The TCSA is collaborating with the Trent Market Gardens and the Trent Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Society to bring students a free produce market in the Trent Student Centre throughout the months of September and October, as part of our initiatives to help combat food insecurity on campus.

SAFS Society is a community for all Trent students to come together and share interest in sustainable agriculture and food. Through initiatives like the Trent Market Garden and year round events, the SAFS Society supports hands on learning and experiences that immerse students in sustainable food growth and agro-ecological practices. 

Drop by any of the free produce pop-up markets in the Student Centre Atrium:

• Thursday, September 19th: 10:00am - 1:00pm

• Tuesday, September 24th: 10:00am - 1:00pm

• Thursday, October 3rd: 10:00am - 1:00pm

• Tuesday, October 8th: 10:00am - 1:00pm

• Thursday, October 17th: 10:00am - 1:00pm

• Thursday, October 31st: 10:00am - 1:00pm

The biggest poster sale in the country is back at Trent University!

Browse and shop through thousands of posters to decorate your dorm room or apartment. There is something for everyone!

Find the Imaginus Poster Sale in the Student Centre beginning Monday, October 7th to Friday, October 11th. The hours are as follows:

• Monday, October 7th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Tuesday, October 8th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Wednesday, October 9th: 9:0am - 7:00pm

• Thursday, October 10th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Friday, October 11th: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Cash, debit card, and credit card accepted.

The biggest poster sale in the country is back at Trent University!

Browse and shop through thousands of posters to decorate your dorm room or apartment. There is something for everyone!

Find the Imaginus Poster Sale in the Student Centre beginning Monday, October 7th to Friday, October 11th. The hours are as follows:

• Monday, October 7th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Tuesday, October 8th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Wednesday, October 9th: 9:0am - 7:00pm

• Thursday, October 10th: 9:00am - 7:00pm

• Friday, October 11th: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Cash, debit card, and credit card accepted.

Come join the TCSA and Trent University as we clean up London and Dublin Streets following Head of the Trent. Dress for the weather, and coffee, snacks, and supplies will be provided!

Event Timing: Sunday, October 6th, 10am - 12pm
Event Address: Traill College, 315 Dublin Street

Please register here so we. an order the appropriate amount of coffee and food.

Questions? Contact vphealth@trentcentral.ca